No, we have no plans to bring AutoShadows back. That tool is conceptually wrong. There is no way to define correct shadows when we lack three dimensional information of the graphic object.

xanax

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:12 pm Post subject:

MT wrote:

The old SHP Builders have Autoshadows, although they aren't in the recent SHP Builders (I'm not sure when, all I know is that I have the recentest and its not in it). I do believe they were buggy though, hence them being disabled.

Is it still planned to bring Autoshadows back in a future version?
I am using OS SHP Builder 3.38 beta 6 and "Autoshadows" is disabled.

Well the latest version is most stable, and GIMP is like 28MB large in a compressed installer, as opposed to Photoshop which is around 500MB, so yeah its worth downloading. I'm pretty sure it won't be much of a problem downloading unless you got a bad internet connection.

Really?
Soo, i will ask to a friend download it and send to my cell phone (i can connect the cell phone to his computer) this is the only way!

Roaches

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:07 am Post subject:

Well the latest version is most stable, and GIMP is like 28MB large in a compressed installer, as opposed to Photoshop which is around 500MB, so yeah its worth downloading. I'm pretty sure it won't be much of a problem downloading unless you got a bad internet connection.

Shadow Hunter

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:33 am Post subject:

Ok, thanks i will try to download GIMP (it will be a battle against my dial-up ) and sorry for the questions!

Wait! Just one more question: How version is good (and not more than 5mb )?

Dupl3xxx

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject:

I use GIMP even thoug my school has given me PS CS3. Only gimp has them flame filters

Roaches

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:49 am Post subject:

@Shadow Hunter: you can get GIMP which is a free raster graphics editor like Photoshop and Paintshop Pro alike. Its really good. I think its better than some commercial graphics editor products out there. http://www.gimp.org/windows/

MT

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:48 am Post subject:

Shadow Hunter wrote:

MT wrote:

Thats like asking "do people eat waffles or pancakes?"
It could be either way, although one is better and higher quality

Man, shoot me, call me a noob and everything but i started yesterday to make shp's and i'm don't know nothing and i don't have paint shop pro!

No ones calling you a noob, it is perfectly normal to ask about such things as a beginner.

I don't have paint shop pro either, costs money x_x.
I thought you were talking about just giving them shadows, but now since you bring in making SHPs...

Most high quality SHPs are made in 3D (with programs such as 3DS Max, Maya, Blender etc.), and then converted to SHP (how else would LKO's awesome mechs exist? ).

I believe that when they render (take a high-quality picture of it with lighting) the 3d image, shadows are made and transferred. Such people who use the technique have little work to do in the actual SHP Builder.

Making SHPs is hard, you can't expect to know everything overnight. I'm still trying to learn 3d for it (and all I can make are pyramids or eggs), and I've first got it months ago.

Shadow Hunter

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:11 am Post subject:

MT wrote:

Thats like asking "do people eat waffles or pancakes?"
It could be either way, although one is better and higher quality

Man, shoot me, call me a noob and everything but i started yesterday to make shp's and i'm don't know nothing and i don't have paint shop pro!

MT

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:58 am Post subject:

Thats like asking "do people eat waffles or pancakes?"
It could be either way, although one is better and higher quality

Shadow Hunter

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:29 am Post subject:

Paranoia wrote:

they draw the shadow themselves

But they do this manually or with paint shop?

Paranoia

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:10 am Post subject:

they draw the shadow themselves

Shadow Hunter

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:59 am Post subject:

ok thanks, but how everyone makes shadows now if the new version does not have this?

MT

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:18 am Post subject:

The old SHP Builders have Autoshadows, although they aren't in the recent SHP Builders (I'm not sure when, all I know is that I have the recentest and its not in it). I do believe they were buggy though, hence them being disabled.

Search around the different versions and stuff here; I'm sure there is something about the autoshadows info.